No Rock And Roll Fun

ZIPPING UP MY BOOTS, GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS: Norman Cook has announced that his new album will see him going back to his "hip-hop roots" - a curious claim which has led us to spend most of the morning playing London 0, Hull 4 and The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death with the bass turned up to see if we could spot these roots anywhere in his early work. Only joking, Norman, we know we can trust you when you say the next Fatboy Slim album will be hip hop, and don't stop. "Damon Albarn sings on one track" he announces - how much more hipper do you want your hop, short of it wearing a big clock round its neck?